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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Wide Complex Tachycardia ... - ECG Definition ... Wide Complex Tachycardia ... (WCT) is a cardiac ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
symptoms may include chest ... Stop or rapidly complete ... consultation with cardiology ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... Initial workup: • EKG ... , LET, lipase, PT
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... Flag Symptoms: • Chest ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Breathing • Check chest ... consider: o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... physical activity - Nausea ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... #cardiology #Angina
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Premature Ventricular Complexes ... manifestation of cardiac ... heart disease Causes ... : • Broad QRS complex ... #differential #cardiology
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... • Call for cardiac ... • Check ECG rhythm ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Treatment of Stable Wide-Complex Tachycardia
Regular
 • If ventricular tachycardia or uncertain rhythm:
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of Stable Wide-Complex ... cardioversion • If known SVT ... nodal agents (e.g ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... production to cause ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... Nuclear SPECT ($$$), PET ... #management #diagnosis